Growing theories that a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ is sabotaging underwater cables

Thanks, I edited it.

That's a ridiculous idea.

Consider: the Europeans pretty much caught the Yi Peng 3 in the act and _let it continue on its way_ on Dec. 21.

And on Dec. 25 there was another _group_ of cable breakages between Finland and Estonia.

The Europeans are pretty much doing a good job of _not_ keeping an eye on this sort of thing with no prompting from Trump whatsoever.

I'll tell you something else: you want to stop Russia? Stop giving their allies who are also making war on us or preparing to make war on us, like Iran and China, so much money. All the sanctions relief we've given Iran over the last Presidential term have gone straight to the war effort. And it's all one war.

Assuming you're right (and I truly hope you're wrong), America would basically be forfeiting the security of global trade and giving Russia's fleets exactly what they want. You don't need to possess Greenland to monitor their waters. America is a rich country, we can pay our allies for services rendered when we want them. On top of that:

1. Greenland is not a hotbed for submarine cable or pipeline interruption, Europe is. If you have to station troops abroad, at least pick somewhere strategically relevant like Port Le Havre or The Hague. Occupying Greenland to spite the Russians would be cutting off our nose to spite our face.

2. Defending a territory the size of Greenland is folly and a waste of money when you can spend a fraction of the money leasing a naval port or base. What are we going to defend there, the new national stockpile of snow?

3. The smallest American carrier group would still be better equipped than the largest airfield currently in Greenland. Since it is close enough to American littoral waters, smaller boats would not even need Greenland for refueling and rearming purposes. The only reason to build air strips would be to accommodate jets that are large enough to cross the Atlantic on a half tank of avgas.

4. Greenland hasn't been a relevant American defense interest since fractional orbital bombardment enabled attacks that could circumvent NORAD's defense systems. If you put SAMs, THAADs and missile defense there, it is diverted away from credible threats to America's population centers.

5. You could spend that same money on aid for Ukraine if you want to kick Russia where it hurts. Sending American materiel to defend a location that doesn't matter to anyone is a fake commitment and an insult to taxpayers. We used to speak softly and carry a big stick, now America speaks loudly and pretends to hit people like a trillion-dollar production of Punch and Judy.

This is a very ignorant comment. Denmark is a founding member of NATO and we already have 'eyes' in Greenland. We even have a military base in Greenland. Please don't riff on Trump's stupidity.

Looking at your post history, you seem to have an extremely illogical, cynical view of everything, as if the entire world is out to get you and every action has a nefarious intention. I’ve seen this a lot lately in people who spend far too much time in the echo chambers of sites like Reddit and social media. I would advise you to take a step back and try to realize that almost everything you see in these places is not reality, and is in fact an extremely warped version of the real world.